After a busy December--did you catch all of our beautiful TREE art at the Christmas Concert?--we are back this week to begin a new year of art making at Mother Catherine Academy.
This month we will be backtracking just a little for some time spent with the elements of COLOR and SPACE. Here's what we're up to in January: PK: Polar Bears in Snow K: Snowy Day Landscape 1: Watercolor Winter Landscape 2: Laurel Birch Shape Cat 3: Snowman in Perspective 4: Cardinal in Winter 5: Madonna and Child 6-8: Still Life and Shading Techniques
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This month all MCA art students (K-8) will participate in the the Knight's of Columbus' Keep Christ in Christmas poster design contest. Find out more about the contest here. Watch our "inspiration" video here: http://www.kofc.org/common/video/bplayer.html?id=1303823013001 We are off to a great start in the art room this year! Please come in and see the beautiful Pattern Turtles (K-2), Pattern Landscapes (Grades 3-5) and Pattern Initials (PK) hanging in the upstairs hallway.
As we move into November we will continue with our fall themed projects: look for pumpkins from our 1st and 2nd graders and owls from our 3rd grade. PK and K will focus on shapes leading up to some adorable turkeys! How do you “grade” art anyway?
Our art grades are divided into two categories: process grades and product grades. Process grades are “learning” or formative grades. They help us practice the skills we will need to execute our project. Product grades are our project, or summative grades, and demonstrate our understanding of the project objectives. Removing Subjectivity: Using Rubrics in Art On the back of projects, students and parents will find a rubric. These rubrics list the project objectives and specific areas where they have been met, exceeded or need more work. Objectives are clearly definable and identifiable criteria. Meeting the project objectives is equivalent to a “ME” or a “G”—that means the student did precisely what was required of them. Points are then added when the student exceeds those objectives (essentially doing more than what is required) or subtracted when the student falls short of the objectives (not quite meeting the objective in some identifiable way). In the area to the left and the right of the objective are notes from me which explain why points are above or below the objective point value. This system gives students an opportunity to excel on criteria and/or to see specific instances where objectives were not met. For more information on the advantages of this type of rubric, visit https://cultofpedagogy.com/single-point-rubric/ The art room needs your help! We are requesting donations of BABY WIPES from all students. As you know, the art room does not have a hand-washing sink, and after our messy days we love to use baby wipes to wipe our hands and tables down.
Please donate a pack of baby wipes to the MCA Art Room! Our messy fingers appreciate it! |
AuthorAmy Gavin is the art teacher at Mother Catherine Academy. Archives
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